Rally of protest against Poroshenko’s visit held in Bratislava

PRAGUE, November 16. /TASS/. A rally of protest against Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko’s coming to the Slovak capital was held in Bratislava on Sunday, the local police said, adding that several dozens of protesters took part in the action.

Protesters had posters reading “The Czech Republic and Slovakia are with you, Novorssia!” and “Save Donbass from the Ukrainian Army!” Now and then they chanted “Fascisit!”

Despite the fact that the action was not authorizes by the local authorities, police made no attempts to disperse the rally. Protesters showed no signs of violence and did not hamper traffic.

Poroshenko arrived in the Slovak capital city Bratislava to attend a summit of the heads of state of the Visegrad Group (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic), where he had been invited as a guest. On Saturday, Poroshenko had talks with Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico. On Sunday, he met with Slovak President Andrej Kiska.